Tommy Hilfiger would be proud to dress Melania Trump

By Damien Woolnough| 2 years ago

Tommy and Dee Hilfiger. Image: Getty

“You’re not going to get much more beautiful than Ivanka or Melania”

If Melania Trump struggles to find someone to dress her for President-Elect Donald Trump’s inauguration she can know fall back on a polo shirt and jeans combination.
Sportswear designer and Gigi Hadid collaborator Tommy Hilfiger has spoken out in support of the future First Lady at the Angel Ball held at Cipriani in New York.
“I think Melania is a very beautiful woman and I think any designer should be proud to dress her,” Tommy said. “Ivanka is equally as beautiful and smart, although she wears her own clothes. I don't think people should become political about it. Everyone was very happy to dress Michelle [Obama] as well. I think they look great in the clothes. You're not gonna get much more beautiful than Ivanka or Melania.”

The words of sartorial support follow an open letter from designer Sophie Theallet, a favourite of Michelle Obama, to boycott dressing Melania.
“As one who celebrates and strives for diversity, individual freedom, and respect for all lifestyles, I will not participate in dressing or associating in any way with the next First Lady,” Sophie wrote. “The rhetoric of racism, sexism, and xenophobia unleashed by her husband's presidential campaign are incompatible with the shared values we live by. I encourage my fellow designers to do the same.”

Celebrity scribe Kevin Sessums has already taken aim at Tommy’s support, posting on his Facebook account: “Well, this as close as he’s ever going to get to being compared to Coco Chanel.”
The comments reference Coco’s associations with the Nazi Party during World War II.
While Tory Burch, Marc Jacobs, and Prabal Gurung created merchandise for the defeated candidate Hillary Clinton, they have not yet ruled out dressing Melania.